Not Waving, But Drowning

Song Not Waving, But Drowning
Artist Loyle Carner
Album Not Waving, But Drowning

Lyrics

[00:00.000] 作词 : Stevie Smith/Jordan Rakei
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Stevie Smith/Jordan Rakei
[00:09.03] I read about a man getting drowned once
[00:12.43] His friends thought he was waving to them
[00:14.74] From the sea but really, he was drowning
[00:17.27] And then I thought that, in a way, it is true of life too
[00:22.07] That a lot of people pretend, out of bravery really
[00:25.86] That they are very jolly and ordinary sort of chaps
[00:28.72] But really they do not feel at home at all in the world
[00:32.32] Or able to make friends easily
[00:34.64] So then they joke a lot and laugh
[00:37.51] And people think they're quite alright and jolly nice too
[00:40.31] But sometimes that brave pretense breaks down
[00:44.15] And then, like the poor man in this poem, they are lost
[00:50.26] Not waving, but drowning
[00:53.48]

Pinyin

[00:00.000] zuò cí : Stevie Smith Jordan Rakei
[00:01.000] zuò qǔ : Stevie Smith Jordan Rakei
[00:09.03] I read about a man getting drowned once
[00:12.43] His friends thought he was waving to them
[00:14.74] From the sea but really, he was drowning
[00:17.27] And then I thought that, in a way, it is true of life too
[00:22.07] That a lot of people pretend, out of bravery really
[00:25.86] That they are very jolly and ordinary sort of chaps
[00:28.72] But really they do not feel at home at all in the world
[00:32.32] Or able to make friends easily
[00:34.64] So then they joke a lot and laugh
[00:37.51] And people think they' re quite alright and jolly nice too
[00:40.31] But sometimes that brave pretense breaks down
[00:44.15] And then, like the poor man in this poem, they are lost
[00:50.26] Not waving, but drowning
[00:53.48]